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MICROPHENIX (from micros, small, and Pheniv ; 
in allusion to the habit of the plants, and their affinity to 
Phenix). Orp. Palme. The two following hybrids are 
the only plants that have been described under this name. 
They will probably thrive under the treatment recom- 
mended for Pheenix (which see, on pp. 103-4, Vol. III.). 
M. decipiens (deceptive). According to Carriére, this name was 
given by Naudin to a hybrid, obtained by a horticulturist at 
Hyeres, between the common Date Palm (Phenix dactilifera) and 
the dwarf Fan Palm (Chamerops humilis). 
M. Sahuti (Sahut’s). /r. reddish-brown, about jin. long, ellipsoid, 
with rounded angles. 1885. A garden hybrid between M. deci- 
piens and Trachycarpus excelsus, having the habit and foliage of 
the former, and the violet-tinted petioles and fruits of the latter. 
Hardy. (R. H. 1885, p. 515, f. 91.) 
MICROSTYLIS. To the species described on p. 364, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
M. bella (pretty). . dull purple, disposed in an elongated 
raceme; sepals and petals linear-ligulate; lip long, sagittate, 
sub-equally toothed at apex. J. ample, cuneate-oblong, acute, 
undulated. Pseudo-bulbs conical-cylindrical. Sunda Islands, 
1885. (I. H. 1885, 581.) 
M. Lowi (Low’s). fl. purple, the ears of the sagittate lip ochreous ; 
peduncle rosy-purple. J. dark coppery-brown, marked with a 
broad, whitish, central band, the margins undulated, Borneo, 
1885. A beautiful little plant. (B. H. 1884, 14, f. 2.) 
M. purpurea (purple). . yellowish-purple. J. broadly ovate, 
4in. to din. long, 2in. broad or more, much undulated, the upper 
surface dark metallic-crimson, the under surface and petioles 
pale metallic reddish-grey. Ceylon. A fine species. 
MILTONIA. To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 367-70, Vol. II., the following should now be added : 
M. bicolor (two-coloured). A variety of M. spectabilis. 
M. Bluntii Lubbersiana (Lubbers’). j., sepals and petals 
chestnut-spotted ; lip very fine purple. 1887. 
M. Moreliana (Morel’s). A variety of M. spectabilis. 
M. Peetersiana (Peeters’). l. resembling those of M. spectabilis 
Moreliana, but the purplish-brown sepals and petals are narrower 
and more acute ; lip narrower at the base, and dilated suddenly 
and acutely at the tip, rich purple, with five unequal, yellow 
keels at the base, the base and inside line of the disk occupied 
by numerous dark purple, pale-edged blotches. J. (and pseudo- 
bulbs) as in M. Clowesiit. 1886. A handsome plant. 
M. P. concolor (one-coloured). A beautiful variety, with paler 
eas and petals, and lacking the dark eye-spots on the lip. 
M. spectabilis aspersa (sprinkled). j., sepals and petals 
cream-coloured, partly washed with mauve-lilac; lip light 
mauve-lilac, with a large keel. 1889. 
M. s. lineata (lined). . having a large, purple blotch at the 
base of the lip, and seven purple veins radiating therefrom 
nearly to the margins. 
M. s. Moreliana atrorubens (dark red). l. much darker 
than, in Moreliana, often measuring 4in. across. September. 
Brazil, A scarce plant. 
M. s. radians (radiating). (/., petals tinted with very light 
purple, and covered with the warmest dark purple stripes, 
lei which at the base there are some yellow stripes. 
M. vexillaria alba (white). 
variety. 1885. 
227). 
M. v. Cobbiana (Cobb's). /., upper portion of the usual deep 
rose-pink, the large, expanded wings of a pure white. 1882. 
M. v. Hilliana (Hill’s). /l., sepals and petals rose, the equal 
sepals having two purple lines; lip spotted purple, margined 
rose, the base yellow, with three dark purple lines. New 
Grenada. 
M. v. insignis (remarkable). #. fine and richly coloured ; 
lateral sepals having two parallel, crimson lines at the base ; 
lip deep purplish-red, having a whitish basal area lined with 
crimson, and a band of bright yellow across the base. 1885. 
M. v. Kienastiana (Kienast’s). jl. very large ; sepals and petals 
with a rose-coloured disk, and broad, white margins; lip light 
yellow at the very base, with three central purple lines, and 
having fine, rose-coloured, radiating lines all over it except on 
the pure white margin. 1885. A magnificent variety. 
M. v, leucoglossa (white-lipped). ., sepals and petals pale 
rose ; lip pure white. New Grenada. A striking variety. 
M. v. Measuresiana (Measures’). jl. of a purer white anid 
smaller than those of the variety alba. 1885. 
M. v. purpurea (purple). jf. rose-purple, the base of the lip 
white with the usual red lines. 1885. Syn. Odontoglossum 
vexillarium purpureum (L. i. 13). 
Vol IV. 
A beautiful, white-flowered 
Syn. Odontoglossum vexillarium album (W, O. A. 
Miltonia —continued. 
M. v. rosea (rosy). jl. of a deeper rose-colour than in the 
type. 
M. v. rubella (reddish). #. bright rose, with three crimson 
lines at the base of the lip. J. broader than usual. Pseudo- 
bulbs more blunt than in the type. 1882. 
M. v. splendens (splendid). . intense rose, coloured to the 
margins, 4in. to 44in. in diameter; lateral sepals having a 
crimson stripe at base ; lip with three short, radiating stripes 
below the calli. New Grenada. 
M. v. superba (superb). /l., sepals and petals rose, the former 
having a purplish-crimson Stripe at base ; lip magenta-rose, the 
white area at the base having a large, dark crimson-purple blotch 
veined with darker, radiating lines. Autumn. New Grenada. 
Syn. Odontoglossum vexillarium superbum (W. O. A. iv. 171). 
M. Warscewiczii alba (white). . having a broad, white lip, 
marked in the centre with a conspicuous, lilac blotch. 1882. 
M, W. xanthina (yellowish). /. almost wholly yellow, the lip 
having a narrow, white border. Winter. Peru. 
MIMULUS. To the species described on pp. 370-1, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
M. mohavensis (Mohave River). /f., calyx tube sin. long ; corolla 
whitish, with a dark crimson eye, the stout tube scarcely longer 
than the calyx, the limb much spreading, sin. in diameter. 
Summer. J. oblong-lanceolate, acute, entire, reddish. h. 2in. to 
3in. California, 1885. A pretty little, minutely viscous-pubescent, 
hardy annual. 
MOLTKIA. To the species described on p. 376, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
M. graminifolium (Grass-leaved). fl. deep blue, drooping, 
disposed in terminal clusters; scape 6in. to 12in. long, wiry. 
June to August. J, tufted, Grass-like. Northern Italy, Wc. 
MOMORDICA. To the species described on pp. 376-7; 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
M. involucrata (involucred). ., males pale yellowish, with 
three green spots on the short tube, solitary in the upper axils ; 
females few, with revolute lobes. July. fr. scarlet, fleshy, 2in. 
long. J. l}in. to 2in. in diameter, five-lobed, the lobes toothed ; 
pele slender, jin. to lin. long. Natal. (B. M. 6932; Ref. B. 
ly. 223.) 
MORINA. To the species described on p. 383, 
Vol. I1., the following should now be added: 
M. betonicoides (Betony-like). (. sessile; involucre bristly ; 
corolla bright rose-red, crimson at the bases of three or four of 
the lobes, the limb jin. in diameter; spikes sub-capitate, sub- 
tended by opposite bract-leaves tinged with red. June. J. 4in. 
to 8in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, with very long 
prickles on the margins. Stem erect or sub-erect, 10in. to 18in. 
high. Sikkim-Himalaya, 1883. Hardy rock plant. (B. M. 
6966.) 
MORMODES. To the species described on pp. 384-5, 
Vol. II., the following species and varieties should now 
be added: 
M. buccinator majus (larger). ji. ochre, larger than in the 
type; sepals and petals numerously dotted cinnamon; lip with a 
few pale markings on the sides. New Grenada. 
M. Dayanum (Day’s). ji. as large as those of M. Wendlandi ; 
sepals and petals ochre, with red, longitudinal lines inside; lip 
white, revolute, so that the outsides of both halves touch, tri- 
angular, with a short, inflexed apiculus in the middle; column 
white, small, apiculate ; raceme few-flowered. 1885. 
M. luxatum eburneum (ivory-like). . wholly ivory-white. 
1886. (I. H. ser. v. 55.) 
M, 1, punctatum (dotted). . whitish, the sepals and petals 
marked with small, reddish spots. 1885. 
M. 1. purpuratum (purple). /. light mauve-purple, with dark 
purple lines and spots on the sepals and petals; side lobes of the 
lip much darker than the central part. 1886. 
M. pardinum melanops (dark-looking). /l. very dark brownish- 
purple. 1886. 
M. platychila (broad-lipped). . pale buff, upwards of lin. in 
expanse ; lip marked with many dull purple stripes; racemes 
compact, erect. 1887. A distinct-looking species. 
M. vernixium (varnished). 7. blackish-purple ; sepals and petals 
broad, shining; lip having the mid-line a little lighter, with 
blackish-purple spots; column light mauve-purple, with nu- 
merous dark spots. Guiana, 1887. Allied to M. buccrnator. 
MUSCARI AZUREUM. 
A synonym of Hya- 
cinthus azureus (which see). 
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